Paintnoun

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  A paint horse.

Paintname

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  A surname

paintnoun/peɪnt/

• 1

  A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.

  • fresh coat of paint
• 2

  A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

  • René went back into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on, got out his paints and started on a new painting. He felt inspired.
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  slangball-gamesbasketballgamesThe free-throw lane, construed with the.

  • The Nimrods are strong on the outside, but not very good in the paint.
  • Early on it was the Bulldogs who were clearly the aggressors, playing hard in the paint and getting baskets with muscle more than with their shooting prowess.
• 4

  slanggamespaintballPaintballs.

  • I am running low on paint for my marker.
• 5

  slangcard-gamespokerSynonym of face card (king, queen, or jack).

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  computingengineeringmathematicsGraphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.

  • It combines traditional paint capabilities with photograph enhancement features.
  • Computer paint software operates similarly but adds features that are delightfully familiar and useful to artists trained in traditional graphics materials.
• 7

  Makeup.

  • They were as plain and homely as a table-top dancer when the rains had wiped the paint and powder from her face.
• 8

  slangTattoo work.

paintverb/peɪnt/

• 1

  To apply paint to.

  • I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.
  • The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
• 2

  To apply in the manner that paint is applied.

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  medicinesciencesTo apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.

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  To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.

  • not painted with the crimson spots of blood
  • Cuckoo buds of yellow hue / Do paint the meadows with delight.
• 5

  To create (an image) with paints.

  • to paint a portrait or a landscape
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  To practise the art of painting pictures.

  • I've been painting since I was a young child.
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  computingengineeringgraphical-user-interfaceTo draw an element in a graphical user interface.

  • Sent to a minimized window when the icon's background must be filled before it is painted.
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  To depict or portray.

  • She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.
  • Disloyal? / The word is too good to paint out her wickedness.